Does a thermometer adjust themselves on the availability of daylight
explain how if yes
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The thermometer indicates the temperature of it’s sensing element which is the portion designed to measure temperature.
The sunlight and air temperature will effect the temperature of the sensing element as will the temperature of whatever you place the thermometer on.
Heat is transferred by three different processes.
Conduction from direct contact. Air in contact with the sensing element will heat or cool the element. So will whatever you place the thermometer on.
Convection from fluids, in this case air. Moving air or water moves heat around. When air moves past the sensing element it heats or cools the element when individual molecules touch the element, then get swept away by air flow. This works similar to conduction, but it’s the process of moving air that speeds up heating or cooling.
Radiation. The most common form of heating we are familiar with in everyday life is what we receive from the sun, but it comes from everything. Radiation is adsorbed and given off by anything with a temperature above absolute zero. How much it heat it gives or gets depends on the color of the object. Dark things adsorb radiation well while light objects reflect more away.
So it is the combination of radiation, air temperature and convection that effects the thermometers reading.
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Body temperature can be measured in a number of ways. ... Non-contact thermometers allow a person's temperature to be taken with minimal (tympanic) or no (Non-contact infrared thermometer [NCIT], thermal scanner) contact with the person